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20th Anniversary of Windows

UltimaGuy writes "When Windows first shipped, 20 years ago this month, it was considered nothing more than a slow operating environment that had arrived late to the party, well behind the industry leaders, Apple and Xerox PARC. Now, it's the operating system used on nearly 95 percent of all the desktops and notebooks sold worldwide. Take a look at Window's past and present, and what lies ahead in the future, including an interview with Mr. Bill Gates himself."

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  1. 20th post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    20th post

  2. Re:What's changed? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    20 years ago, you could safely ignore it.

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  3. Yeah, right by Dunkirk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, if there were EVER an article that Slashdotters weren't going to RTFA...

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  4. Re:Good for them..... by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is a problem when you get barrels near Balmer , He starts throwing them at short Italians wearing plumber outfits

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  5. Re:Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clippy says: You look like you typing a letter in French. Would you like help with that?

  6. Grammar/Spelling nazis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish I had mod point to mod you all down to hell.

    1. Re:Grammar/Spelling nazis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I wish I had mod point to mod you all down to hell."

      I don't think one mod point would suffice.

      Oh, and it should be "Hell" :)

  7. Re:Windows by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I could make out of that was something about surrendering.

  8. 20 years? by keyrat+rafa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or about as long as the Serenity poll has been up.

  9. Re:Windows by weekendgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, Clippy would say, "It looks like you're typing a letter in French. Would you like me to apply some formating that you'll never be able to modify, making you delete the file and start over from scratch?

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